The head of the Anticorruption Alliance Olga Bitca considers the law enforcement bodies should have already imposed penalties in the case of the theft of several dozen billion lei committed in the national banking system.
“We asked and continue to ask that the authorities should adopt a civilized and efficient communication strategy over this case. We worked with such cases involving oligarchs and large sums abroad and things went differently there. At each stage, every financial, administrative, investigation institution or private company provided the public with names, figures and the results of internal inquiries. In our country the investigation should have already resulted in penalties, taking of measures, modification of practices and of internal and legal norms,” Olga Bitca stated for IPN.
The report produced by Kroll company, which includes the conclusions of the preliminary investigation, was presented to the Cabinet on April 22. Prime Minister Chiril Gaburici said after the meeting that the report’s conclusions were submitted to the law enforcement bodies. The Government will insist that everyone should do their job. The money should be found and brought home.
The National Bank of Moldova said the results of the preliminary investigation by Kroll show that a coordinated and hidden effort was made in 2012-2014 to take control of the three banks and afterward to hide the true nature of the transactions. The volume of released loans was maximized. As a result, the financial situation of the three banks worsened suddenly and there were recorded bad loans and debts of 13.3 billion lei.
